VICTORIA COX

It was a typical Tuesday morning. I woke up late, grabbed a clean-ish corporate outfit from the top of an amassed laundry pile and I was off to my soul-destroying job in the finance world. Hours later, whilst en route to a meeting, I decided to take a shortcut through the bank’s main trading floor. I maneuvered my way through the multiplex of jumbo screens and super-sized egos of traders frantically trying to out-bro each othe...

I wasn't sure what I was expecting when I disembarked at JFK, a brand new transplant in NYC. I’d left behind the seedlings of a new life in L.A. a mere five years earlier, arriving fresh-faced from London. Those tiny kernels, planted in the omnipresent sunshine, had yet to sprout roots before the East Coast beckoned my name. 

My workplace was closing its California office and I found myself schlepping eastwards to the Head Offi...

Before I began my first grown-up job as a lawyer I decided to take one last vacation. A final hurrah before entering the world of nine to five’ing and limited vacation allowances. During this trip, I had the opportunity to have my astrology chart read by a well-revered astrologer at a temple in Bangkok. Whilst most of the reading has slipped from my memory banks, one nugget, in particular, has remained with me. This sage couns...

I still recall my first psychic reading with incredible clarity. At first, I was skeptical. I held my cards close to my chest and answered any leading questions as briefly as possible.

But within minutes, goosebumps covered my entire body as she informed me that my beloved grandmother had come in from the ether to say hello and was looking after our cherished family dog. The psychic even nailed the name and breed!

I was hooked....

Friendship is a constantly evolving thing. We have our inner circle of friends, our coven of trusted confidants. Then there is a secondary circle, comprising people we are friendly with but who are less likely to know our strange quirks and deepest desires; work colleagues, gym buddies or school friends.

Over time, lesser known friends move into the inner circle, whist others move out of the constellation entirely. The point be...

In a sweeping statement of generalization, I believe there are two types of people in this world: those that seemingly float over the petty grievances of life, focused on the bigger picture and its greater meaning, and those that sweat every last detail down to its microscopic minutiae.

How we handle a small thing can be indicative of how we handle a big thing. Whilst it’s completely normal to experience stress during any major...

Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about friendships. Pondering the reasons certain people come in and out of our lives for certain periods of time, whilst others stay for the long haul.

There’s a well know quote which states that “People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.” I wonder if we truly embraced this message and reevaluated the concept of friendship, would it lessen the sadness when friends step ou...

There’s a turn of phrase about life handing you lemons which most of us are probably familiar with (thanks Beyonce!). The premise being that when life hands us something, use it to our advantage and maybe create something wondrous out of it. 

But what if life just hands us lemon tree seeds? Then what are we meant to do? Shelve the lemonade stand plans and just wait for nature to catch up? 

Sometimes in life we can get way ahead...

I’ve been fascinated with the esoteric side of life since I was a little girl, but in recent years I’ve been delving a little deeper. Kundalini yoga, tarot, energy healing, astrology, crystals, meditation. You name it, I’ve probably tried it.

And lately I began to notice that whenever life got more intense, I would lean a little harder on these practices.

I’d pull a tarot card every day (okay, sometimes several), check five or m...

It’s 7pm on a Saturday night in NYC and I’m getting ready to hit the town for a charity event a friend is hosting. Keeping me company as I slather on the make-up is my obligatory glass of chilled white wine.

“Just to take the edge off” I tell myself. Give me a quick buzz so that I arrive relaxed and confident. I don’t know many people at the party and this fact alone is revving up my anxiety levels. I’ll just be completely hone...